Background: Georgia legislatively haled eminent domain by private companies while it assessed how pervasive private eminent domain use is.
The official name of the commission: Joint State Commission on Petroleum Pipelines
What types of individuals were appointed by the Georgia Governor to the Eminent Domain Commission?
- Savannah-based local petroleum provider
- An environmental nonprofit executive
- President of Stuckey Timberland, Inc.
- Mayor of Odum
- President of Nipper Construction Company, Inc.
- vice president of the land department for Georgia Power
- 3 State Representatives
- 3 State Senators
- State Environmental Protection division director
- State commissioner of Community Affairs
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